Two Thirds of a Great Movie

Rating: 7/10 (21 October 2003)

Unfortunately that two thirds in the first two thirds of the movie. The film, which follows a band of people who have survived an outbreak which renders its victims into deranged killers, starts off superbly. It also helps that the film was filmed with homemade cameras on a low budget. That helped make the film much rawer and intense than if it used a more polished film. The sense of isolation is also portrayed well, such as when the survivors are driving around through the empty streets of London, which is covered in trash and ruin. Unfortunately, during the film's final act, the story falls apart and becomes excessively confusing and leaves us with no one to root for. The twist towards the end also doesn't seem to have the reaction the filmmakers were expecting from us. A shame that a bad ending happened to an otherwise good movie.